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I disagree, Bugs are part of the animal kingdom and should stay there, Rats have diseases too should we not consider them animals too?However killing a mosquito is indeed not animal cruelty itās self-defense that canāt be avoided.
As much as I am for cruelty free, rats decimated my vegetable garden this year. And jeez they are filthy. If I donāt keep the population down they try to get into the house. My terrier is only a recreational rat killer, and the older dog doesnāt allow cats.
Itās a false dichotomy, saying that EITHER we have no obligation to treat animals humanely OR we must refrain from eating meat and squashing mosquitos. They are living, feeling things, but life consumes life at every level. I find it appalling that we torture animals to test hair spray, but I donāt object to testing life-saving drugs on chimpanzees. Conditions in factory farms are disgraceful, so Iāll choose free-range poultry or open-graze beef when I can. Itās often not a question of if or how we kill them, but of what sort of life we allow them to lead before that.
Much rather get the āorganicā meats and free range eggs. The animals are treated much better, fed a healthier diet more suited to their ānaturalā tendancies and no hormones, limited antibiotics.
Iād agree that ācatch and releaseā is pointless and cruel, not a āhumane alternative.ā Would we consider hunters that shoot a deer, then patch it up with bandages and let it go, to be more humane than those who eat what they shoot?
Itās not the live bait that turns recreational fishing into animal cruelty, itās the hook. Pogo used to fish without āem, as it made the pastime more relaxing anyway.
There is a point to limiting the cruelty in many factory farms, but humane means different things to different people. People with outside hunting or working dogs have a close relationship(the dog sure seems happy), but usually are left out in the cold to become climatized ā is that cruel?
Years ago I worked with a guy that had fighting pit bulls ā going to his home, it was obvious that that pack loved him and he sure seemed to love them. As far as I know, he didnāt fight them past first blood, and had the same dogs for years. I really do not know if it is always as cruel as depicted.
I see on TV that it is cruel to keep a dog alive with a large growth(like a breast that has a tumor). I couldnāt afford the $1000 operation and the vet said to keep her until she was in pain ā she lived 4 more years running and playing ā So who is the one to say what is cruel? Obviously, not the dog.
I seem to remember that TRADE MARK was started by the Smith bros. of cough drop fame. They would put jars in the stores to sell loose cough drops.The stores would buy other brands and put them in Smiths jar. To stop this they put ther drops in small boxes with a likeness of the Smith Bros. and under there ilkeness they placed there first names TRADE & MARK Smith.
Rodney99 over 13 years ago
Serious loss of credibility there, guy.
adubman over 13 years ago
Thatās where the original āmarkā in ātrademarkā came from.
Straight from the department, āDo as I say, not as I squash.ā
artybee over 13 years ago
People are at the top of the food chain except for mosquitoes, for which people are food. So itās okay to smush āem.
GROG Premium Member over 13 years ago
I have no problem with that. Die, blood suckers, die!
Good Morning, Fellow Cave Dwellers.
Hunter7 over 13 years ago
It was a quick and painless death. He was a happy little bloodsucker right up to the end. Never felt a thing. Thus, no cruelty.
mrsullenbeauty over 13 years ago
@Nabu: Was the āidiotā a younger guy? The mama cougar might like him.
spirit2002 over 13 years ago
Not too good, sheād eat the prey.
ShadowBeast Premium Member over 13 years ago
I disagree, Bugs are part of the animal kingdom and should stay there, Rats have diseases too should we not consider them animals too?However killing a mosquito is indeed not animal cruelty itās self-defense that canāt be avoided.
Nebulous Premium Member over 13 years ago
The cruelty free way of exterminating a mosquito is by lethal injection.
The problem is getting them to hold still while you stick the IV in them.
thealienalf over 13 years ago
PETA- People Eating Tasty Animalsā¦now thats something I can relate to!!
andavall over 13 years ago
Strangeā¦ as I was reading this comic, a mosquito landed on the monitor and I squashed itā¦ weirdā¦
Thehag over 13 years ago
As much as I am for cruelty free, rats decimated my vegetable garden this year. And jeez they are filthy. If I donāt keep the population down they try to get into the house. My terrier is only a recreational rat killer, and the older dog doesnāt allow cats.
fritzoid Premium Member over 13 years ago
Itās a false dichotomy, saying that EITHER we have no obligation to treat animals humanely OR we must refrain from eating meat and squashing mosquitos. They are living, feeling things, but life consumes life at every level. I find it appalling that we torture animals to test hair spray, but I donāt object to testing life-saving drugs on chimpanzees. Conditions in factory farms are disgraceful, so Iāll choose free-range poultry or open-graze beef when I can. Itās often not a question of if or how we kill them, but of what sort of life we allow them to lead before that.
Hunter7 over 13 years ago
Much rather get the āorganicā meats and free range eggs. The animals are treated much better, fed a healthier diet more suited to their ānaturalā tendancies and no hormones, limited antibiotics.
momazilla over 13 years ago
āCatch and relieseā tramatizes the fish, and we should not use live bait. NONSENSE! Iāld say BS but that might offend the Bull.
fritzoid Premium Member over 13 years ago
Iād agree that ācatch and releaseā is pointless and cruel, not a āhumane alternative.ā Would we consider hunters that shoot a deer, then patch it up with bandages and let it go, to be more humane than those who eat what they shoot?
Itās not the live bait that turns recreational fishing into animal cruelty, itās the hook. Pogo used to fish without āem, as it made the pastime more relaxing anyway.
route66paul over 13 years ago
There is a point to limiting the cruelty in many factory farms, but humane means different things to different people. People with outside hunting or working dogs have a close relationship(the dog sure seems happy), but usually are left out in the cold to become climatized ā is that cruel?
Years ago I worked with a guy that had fighting pit bulls ā going to his home, it was obvious that that pack loved him and he sure seemed to love them. As far as I know, he didnāt fight them past first blood, and had the same dogs for years. I really do not know if it is always as cruel as depicted.
I see on TV that it is cruel to keep a dog alive with a large growth(like a breast that has a tumor). I couldnāt afford the $1000 operation and the vet said to keep her until she was in pain ā she lived 4 more years running and playing ā So who is the one to say what is cruel? Obviously, not the dog.
Brother_James437 over 13 years ago
do unto animals, as you would like them to treat you. But woo unto you insects that bug the snot out of us.We will send you to squashville.
DGWillie over 13 years ago
I love what I read on the label of a T-Shirt: āThese shirts were tested on animals. They didnāt fit.ā
iced tea over 13 years ago
How about people who kill spiders, snakes, and flies because theyāre so annoying? Isnāt that animal cruelty,too?
doc white over 13 years ago
I seem to remember that TRADE MARK was started by the Smith bros. of cough drop fame. They would put jars in the stores to sell loose cough drops.The stores would buy other brands and put them in Smiths jar. To stop this they put ther drops in small boxes with a likeness of the Smith Bros. and under there ilkeness they placed there first names TRADE & MARK Smith.